METRO CITY: Night Shift

[Rik_Vargard]

Hey @heltenjon thank you so much for your review! It's very motivating and I'm so happy you liked my game.

About the hacking puzzle, Im sorry it was so hard! It should've been a fun challenge not a stressing one.
But heh, you did beat it, right? I'm grateful for the effort and bow before your courage. Also, I wish I was there to see your reaction.
The thing is that I tested it so many times that at one moment I was used to where the symbols are and almost didn't have to really look anymore.
I made that "this is too easy" error, see?  So I'm keeping that in mind for the next game. 

Thank you for playing,

Cheers!

[heltenjon]

The hacking puzzle was hard, not too hard.  I don't think you should consider that an error of judgment on your part, the creators will know the ins and outs and will become pros of their own games.  I mean, @Tomags can beat his game Mr Tijerakis at hard levels, for crying out loud. In fact, I think the progression was very nicely balanced.

I tried different strategies (in spoilers, as it may not be all that interesting, or people may want to  figure it out themselves).

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At first, I tried to click the icons in the order they appeared. After a while, I discovered what the hand did, and even later that the icons could be clicked in any order. Still, I wasn't fast enough. So I tried simply clicking in a circle as fast as I could without even looking at the code, then discovered that I was penalized for doing multiple errors, but not until I had tried a lot of times. In the end, I guess it came down to learning where some of the icons were in order to be fast enough.

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[Tomags]

I don't think you should consider that an error of judgment on your part, the creators will know the ins and outs and will become pros of their own games.  I mean, Tomags can beat his game Mr Tijerakis at hard levels, for crying out loud. In fact, I think the progression was very nicely balanced.

Haha, yes, my game was worse balanced than I thought for new players. And believe it or not it was going to be much harder; I was lucky that I saw my uncle (that is not very skilled in computers) testing it, and could see that it was not as evident as I thought it would be.

Great thread by the way. I'll contribute for sure when I've made some memory on examples of satisfying puzzles, for sure.

And @Rik_Vargard, great game by the way. I'm waiting to have more time to get back to it and hopefully finish it, and will give some feedback.

Tomags

Tomags

[Rik_Vargard]

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At first, I tried to click the icons in the order they appeared. After a while, I discovered what the hand did, and even later that the icons could be clicked in any order. Still, I wasn't fast enough. So I tried simply clicking in a circle as fast as I could without even looking at the code, then discovered that I was penalized for doing multiple errors, but not until I had tried a lot of times. In the end, I guess it came down to learning where some of the icons were in order to be fast enough.

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Yes you're right, and also the hand: 

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Whatever you're doing, when the hand appears, click on it. Don't try to finish the sequence, just click on it right away.
Since it's on a timer, the sooner you click on it the sooner it will get back

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And @Rik_Vargard, great game by the way. I'm waiting to have more time to get back to it and hopefully finish it, and will give some feedback.

Tomags

Hey thanks, I hope you'll have fun 

Cheers!